| The Film Crew | |
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 Some of La Joie's depictions in The Film Crew | |
| Produced by | Aimee La Joie |
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Running time | 20 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Film Crew was a viral video created by Aimee La Joie in 2020. Her depiction of film crew members began from a TikTok trend before going viral on Twitter.
In the Summer 2020, the song Mr. Blue Sky became a trend for people in everyday situations on TikTok. Aimee La Joie contributed to the trend, basing her version on the professions of people on a film set. [1] Some of the characters include the actress, the director, the sound guy, the screenwriter, the first camera assistant, the costume designer, the producer, [2] the production assistant, the stuntwoman, the child star, her mother and set teacher. [3] In August 2020, [4] the video went viral, reaching over 100,000 shares and 7 million views on Twitter, [2] which prompted La Joie to make more videos of other film set personnel. [1]
John Plunkett at The Poke praised the video and said it initially went viral after Twitter user @leesteffen had shared it. [4] Cinemanía said that they hope it draws attention to films in which women are mainly behind the camera. [3] After La Joie released several similar videos by 2021, Scroll.in pointed out that La Joie had included Tom Cruise, referring to Cruise's altercation with crew members of Mission Impossible 7 from December 2020. [5] Variety said the video aired on The CW and shared a link to the original which was published on La Joie's TikTok account on June 19, 2020. [6]
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